**Show Biz Japan! #4**

July, 2006

Japanese Entertainment News from JETRO

JETRO hopes this newsletter and its contents will be informative and assist in helping you formulate new business initiatives.

Our next newsletter will be sent out in December 2006.

** Send us your news updates to epj_la@jetro.go.jp**

Table of Contents

Top Stories

• Top 9 Comic Magazines on 'Female Readers' Favorites' in Japan
• Enjoy Manga on Your Cell Phone
• "Guilstein" Comes to Mobile Comic Format
• Toasting Toei at MIPTV
• Globalization of Japanese Anime
• Tokyo Anime Center Opens
• Samurai with a Fro
• Golfing Fun for Everyone!
• Fox Holding 'Grudge' Guy to New Deal
• Silence is Rotten
• CG Idols Come to Earth
• I Wanna Grow Up, I'm a Toys R' Us Adult!
• University Course for Manga and Video Games
• New Robot Award Launched
• Licensing Asia
• Chanoma Film Festival
• TIFFCOM 2006

Actor to Watch

• Koji Yakusho

JETRO Event Report

• See you next year at E3 2007
• See you next year at Licensing International 2007
• Thank you for your support at Anime Expo 2006
• Save the date for the 2nd Show Biz Japan! Sneak Peek on Sep 28th in Hollywood
• Come see us at AFM 2006 in November

Industry Reports

• Trends in the Japanese Robotics Industry (May 11, 2006)
• Music Downloading Market in Japan (February 16, 2006)
• Videogame Industry (September 29, 2005)
• Publishing Industry (September 2, 2005)
• Animation Industry (July 7, 2005)
• Film Industry (June 22, 2005)

About EPJ

The EPJ (Entertainment Platform of JAPAN) is an exciting initiative aimed at fostering ties between the entertainment industries of Japan and the US.

For more information about the EPJ's activities, visit: http://www.jetro.org/epj

For inquires, please contact us at: http://www.jetro.org/contactepj